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"While the development of a hemp industry is severely restricted in the United States, today industrial hemp is cultivated in many countries, among them Canada, China, Russia, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, England, and Poland. "So what are the benefits of hemp?" you may ask. Hemp Seed When we speak of hemp as a food source, we are referring to its seed. Technically, hemp seed is a fruit, because, unlike a nut or most seeds, it contains no enzyme inhibitors. It can be eaten immediately and is readily digestible. Hemp seed is a nutritional powerhouse." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Together they mounted "an hysterical fear campaign of racism and misinformation" linking industrial hemp to its cousin, Cannabis, which can contain significant amounts of thc.49 This campaign was so fierce and effective that the word "hemp" became synonymous with the slang word "marijuana," and resulted in the U.S. government prohibition of 1937. The confusion over hemp versus marijuana remains to this day, especially in North America, but it is beginning to change." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Although both are related to the plant Cannabis sativa, industrial hemp, from which food products are produced, is very different. It contains minute (less than 1%) amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (thc), the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The story of how this confusion came about is interesting, and in retrospect, sad and infuriating for the health of people and for the economy of North America. Prior to the U.S. Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, hemp was widely grown and used mainly for making rope, cloth, and paper. Hemp is the world's strongest and most durable soft natural fiber." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "The development and marketing of foods made from industrial hemp is still in its infancy. More healthfood stores are beginning to learn about and stock these nutritious foods. In my opinion, these products should be a regular part of our diets to ensure that our bodies are getting the best proteins and unsaturated oils. Raw hemp seed supplies both. It has a delicious nutty flavor and can be eaten plain or sprinkled on salads and other foods. Hemp oil can be mixed into smoothies or taken right from the spoon. It has a green color and a pleasant taste." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Opposite, right: Actor Woody Harrelson signs a form acknowledging that he was read his rights following an arrest staged to promote the legalization of industrial hemp. Left: A member of the Yes Men stands with the skeleton Gilda, "the golden skeleton in the closet," as part of a stunt meant to illustrate the risks of trusting corporate promises of socially responsible conduct. Not Ending Up Dead or in Prison Look, we know how it is." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"And that's why we have an orphanage we help in China, an orphanage in Haiti, freshwater wells in Ghana; we help the Chiapas Indians with schools; and David our president is taking on the federal government and fighting for legalized industrial hemp and organic standards — all to help the Earth." If ever a company wore its values right on its sleeve, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap is it. The company was founded by an eccentric German immigrant who spent his life on a modern-day Christian crusade. "He sold soap as a way to distribute the philosophy on the label," Ralph explained. " - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"In 1937 Congress required permits for Hemp-growing to begin its ban, and upon the Virginia Law Review characterization of "derel iction of legislative responsibil ity," Congress stated it did not intend to ban industrial hemp, which was thereafter summoned into production during World War II as a war commodity under the slogan "Hemp For Victory," and was grown legally in Wisconsin until 1957. In 1997 in Commonwealth vs. Woody Harrelson a Kentucky judge ruled a state law prohibiting industrial hemp with psychoactive marihuana is unconstitutional." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

"DECRIMINALIZATION Many activists within the hemp community do not like to mix industrial hemp issues with psychoactive cannabis issues. Psychoactive substances are a much stickier issue, while industrial hemp is a simple matter of economics, environmental health, and common sense. But the injustices being perpetrated on our citizens—both the ones serving jail time and the rest of us forced to foot the bill for the War—are as vile as the injustices being done to our planet by industry. In the past thirty years, a growing number of voices has objected." - Rowan Robinson, The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant (Get the book.) "Box 820 Ojai, CA 93024 Phone: (805) 646-4367 Fax: (805) 646-7404 Contact: Angela Valley Hemptech is a local network of communication and hemp experts working to reintroduce industrial hemp into the world economy. They publish books, reports, and offer other information services, including videos, to both individuals and organizations interested in the earth's premier renewable resource. The network is passionate about industrial hemp's role in improving both our economy and our environment and hopes to see bioregions throughout the world processing hemp in a sustainable manner." - Rowan Robinson, The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant (Get the book.) "Box 71 37 Boulder, CO 80306 Phone: (303) 225-8356 The purpose of HERB is to provide the technical support for the emerging industrial hemp industry. HERB will conduct research, develop hemp processing equipment, publish findings, participate in technical conferences, communicate with other researchers on the economic, environmental, energy, and other benefits of industrial hemp to provide the best possible information for policy makers, the agricultural community, business, financial and scientific communities, and the public." - Rowan Robinson, The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant (Get the book.) "The only argument against industrial hemp in the United States has been that verdant waves of cannabis across a sizable chunk of the nation would make it excessively difficult for the DEA to do its job. This argument no longer holds weight. Studies by Paul Mahlberg and others indicate that it is possible to introduce morphological markers into high-fiber strains of hemp that would make it simple for law enforcement to distinguish between industrial hemp and psychoactive hemp." - Rowan Robinson, The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant (Get the book.)

"An honest reassessment of both medical marijuana and industrial hemp is long overdue. Smoking marijuana can be a problematic drug habit also, and like other substances, we need to find that healthy and non-dependent relationship. When it's used daily to feel high instead of dealing with emotions and life, it can be destructive. Overall, we can generally say that the least drugs we use, the better. Again, if you have an active drug problem, stopping totally can be dangerous. You may need a slower transition or guidance and support." - Elson M. Haas, M.D., The New Detox Diet: The Complete Guide for Lifelong Vitality With Recipes, Menus, and Detox Plans (Get the book.)

"That year I formed the Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp, or BACH, with a five year plan to advance these goals: restore industrial hemp in manufacture, allow prescription medical marijuana, and regulate the production and sale of cannabis for adult use. This project coincided with a grassroots revival of a global cannabis reform movement, to the seeming dismay of both the drug legalizers, who had avoided discussing industrial hemp for years, and hemp industries who had sought to distance themselves from the marijuana debate." - Ed Rosenthal, Hemp Today (Get the book.)

"Woody Harrelson a Kentucky judge ruled a state law prohibiting industrial hemp with psychoactive marihuana is unconstitutional. Several states have attimes legalized Hemp in small amounts for personal use, or offered tax stamps to share revenue. CurrentcallisforlegalizationoftheherbHemptotreatmedical conditions and ease pain. The herb buds are dried and eaten baked, made into a tea, or smoked releasing compounds that decrease the pressure in the eyeball of glaucoma victims, arresting the disease." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

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